Utah State Historical Society: Rio Virgin Chapter records

Collection

Identifier: WASH-006

Scope and Contents

These records contain the correspondence, financial records, newsletters, a historical site survey, and meeting minutes for the Rio Virgin Chapter of the Utah State Historical Society. The material dates from 1967 through 1973. The collection records the efforts of the historical society to document and preserve the history of southern Utah as they first began to develop into an organization.

Dates

Creation: 1967 - 1973

Creator

Gwilliam, James L. (Secretary, Person)
Snow, Glenn, 1900-1984. (Other, Person)
Utah State Historical Society. Rio Virgin Chapter (Originator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open and freely available to researchers during Special Collections hours or by appointment. Researchers must complete an Application for Use and show a photo ID prior to accessing materials.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives.

Biographical/Historical note

The Utah State Historical Society: Rio Virgin Chapter, was created in 1970. It was the first Utah State Historical Society chapter in Washington County. It was created under the administration of Charles S. Peterson of the state historical society. He worked on an expansion movement for the historical society's chapters and added three new groups.

The chapter’s purpose was for the collection, preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of historical, archaeological, and geological knowledge; the gathering and preservation of historical documents, materials, and relics about the past; writing the history of the area and its peoples; and, in cooperation with the Utah State Historical Society, furthering the gathering, writing, and dissemination of historical knowledge about Utah and of the Washington County regional area.

In 1982 the Rio Virgin Chapter was reorganized and became the Washington County Historical Society.

Full Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (1 gray half letter document case, 1 gray half legal document case)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Abstract

The records of the Rio Virgin Chapter of the Utah State Historical Society contain correspondence, financial records, newsletters, a historical site survey, and meeting minutes dating from 1967 through 1973.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereafter.

Separated Materials

Photocopies of a Washington County Personnel Manual, Initial Report: Overall Economic Development Program for Washington County and incomplete book drafts were removed from this collection for evaluation and possible refiling with appropriate collections.